[WikiEN-l] US city requires Internet account passwords from employees

2009-06-19 Thread Nathan
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/06/19/us/AP-US-Internet-Background-Checks.html New employees, and perhaps current ones (?), are being asked to provide details of all web-based accounts, including forums and social networking sites. Details are meant to include usernames and passwords. Maybe

Re: [WikiEN-l] US city requires Internet account passwords from employees

2009-06-19 Thread Nathan
On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 11:59 AM, Thomas Dalton thomas.dal...@gmail.comwrote: [The city] says it won't hold it against anyone for refusing to provide it. If it's not compulsory, I don't see a problem, as long as that fact is made clear to people. I don't see the point in asking if it isn't

[WikiEN-l] collective or collaborative areas of Wikipedia

2009-06-19 Thread Dahsun
Thinking on Emily's point about social interaction on wikipedia, I'm well aware that the amount of interaction that I have with other editors varies dramatically depending on the areas of the Wiki that I spend time in. At one extreme reviewing at [[wp:FAC]] is very interactive and in my

Re: [WikiEN-l] US city requires Internet account passwords from employees

2009-06-19 Thread Ray Saintonge
Thomas Dalton wrote: 2009/6/19 Nathan nawr...@gmail.com: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/06/19/us/AP-US-Internet-Background-Checks.html New employees, and perhaps current ones (?), are being asked to provide details of all web-based accounts, including forums and social networking

Re: [WikiEN-l] Social ideas (was Hi there)

2009-06-19 Thread philippe
Not exactly a userbox, but I did see a bumper sticker that said {{fact}} on it once :-) ___ philippe [[en:User:Philippe]] On Jun 18, 2009, at 11:41 PM, stevertigo wrote: I myself am wondering if anyone has seen any userboxes made into bumperstickers.

Re: [WikiEN-l] US city requires Internet account passwords from employees

2009-06-19 Thread Amory Meltzer
I doubt it'll last. The ACLU is correct on the page when they say I liken it to them saying they want to look at your love letters and your family photos, it's just excessive. It's also largely against the TOS for most of these sites. It's an interesting view at the sort of importance and clout

Re: [WikiEN-l] collective or collaborative areas of Wikipedia

2009-06-19 Thread Emily Monroe
At one extreme reviewing at [[wp:FAC]] is very interactive and in my experience usually very collegial. At the other extreme, when I'm feeling less sociable I find I can while away hours eradicating preforming from the entertainment industry or removing a surplus s to merge the Olympic

Re: [WikiEN-l] collective or collaborative areas of Wikipedia

2009-06-19 Thread Emily Monroe
Varies from project to project over time. Some are quite collaborative others more stick to highlighting weak points and standardisation. I guess whatever floats their boat is what's best for them. I notice, from time to time, that some wikiprojects I run across have become inactive. It's

Re: [WikiEN-l] collective or collaborative areas of Wikipedia

2009-06-19 Thread AGK
On WikiProjects: The performance of collaboration projects varies almost as drastically as does the quality of Wikipedia's articles. At some ends, we have some quite impressive organisations - such as WProj Military history - that are very hands-on. At others, there are some quite useless projects

Re: [WikiEN-l] US city requires Internet account passwords from employees

2009-06-19 Thread Ray Saintonge
Siobhan Hansa wrote: Amory Meltzer wrote: I doubt it'll last. The ACLU is correct on the page when they say I liken it to them saying they want to look at your love letters and your family photos, it's just excessive. It's also largely against the TOS for most of these sites.

Re: [WikiEN-l] collective or collaborative areas of Wikipedia

2009-06-19 Thread geni
2009/6/19 Emily Monroe bluecalioc...@me.com: Varies from project to project over time. Some are quite collaborative others more stick to highlighting weak points and standardisation. I guess whatever floats their boat is what's best for them. I notice, from time to time, that some

Re: [WikiEN-l] collective or collaborative areas of Wikipedia

2009-06-19 Thread Fred Bauder
Varies from project to project over time. Some are quite collaborative others more stick to highlighting weak points and standardisation. I guess whatever floats their boat is what's best for them. I notice, from time to time, that some wikiprojects I run across have become inactive. It's